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PROGRAMME, 



FOR 



Georgia Day, Feb. 12, 1910 

1733 1910 



PREPARLD BY 

MISS MILDRED LEWIS RUTHERFORD 

stale Historian of the Georgia Division, U. D. C. 
ATHLN5. GEORGIA. 



AT THE REQUEST OF 

State School Commissioner Jere M. Pound, 

Atlanta, Ga. 



Atlanta, Ga. 

CirAS. P. Ryri), Statk Printek. 

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LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT. 

An Act to provide that the twelfth day of February in 
each year shall be observed in the public schools of 
this State, under the name of "Georgia Day," by 
appropriate exercises; and for other purposes. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Georgia, That the twelfth day of February 
in each year shall be observed in the public schools of 
this State, under the name of ''Georgia Day," as the 
anniversary of the landing of the first colonists in Geor- 
gia under Oglethorpe; and it shall be the duty of the 
State School Commissioner through the County School 
Commissioners, annually to cause the teachers of the 
schools under their supervision to conduct on that day 
exercises in which the pupils shall take part, consisting 
of written compositions, readings, recitations, addresses, 
or other exercises, relating to this State and its history 
and to the lives of distinguished Georgians. When said 
day falls on Sunday, it shall be observed on the following- 
Monday. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That all laws and parts 
of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, 
hereby repealed. 
Approved August 13, 1909. 



AUTHOE'S PREFACE. 
It is difficult to prepare a program that shall iu every 
way be adapted to the varying ages and capacities of 
pupils; therefore to meet all the requirements three 
parts have been arranged in order that any wise teacher 
may select what is most appropriate to those children 
directly under her charge, choosing possibly some things 
from all three. 

In order to make the program effective, pupils should 
be chosen who will put life and enthusiasm into the parts 
assigned. The best material can be ruined by careless 
presentation, while indifferent material may be some- 
times made effective by wise handling. The teacher 
must feel herself what she desires to be felt by the pupils. 
The selections should be given then to those most likely 
to give proper emphasis and expression to them. 

Avoid by all means having the program too long, 
because- the best things are apt to tire, if long drawn out. 
It is suggested that the parts be assigned privately, one 
pupil not knowing what the other has been appointed to 
do, so that the program may be a surprise to all taking 
part in it. It would be well to open the exercises with 
an enthusiastic talk from the teacher herself, showing 
the children how important she thinks it is to have 
Georgia Day made so prominent. 

Commend Governor Terrell for taking the initiative 
in its observance, the Legislature for ruling its observ- 
ance, and the Commissioner of Education for planning 
for it. 

If the program is a failure, do not attribute it to a 
lack of enthusiasm on the part of the one who pre- 
pared it. 

M. RuTHERFOED, Historiau. 



PROGRAMME GEORGIA DAY 

FEBRUARY 12, 1910 



Introductory Remarks by the Teacher. 



What constitutes a State? 
Not high-raised battlements or hibored mound, 

Thick walls or moated gate; 
Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; 
Not starred and spangled courts, 
Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride 

No ! Men, high-minded men. 

Men who know their duties, and their rights 
And knowing dare maintain — 
Prevent the long-aimed blow 
And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain. 
These constitute a State. 

— Sir William Jones. 



February 12, 1910. 



aiVE US MEN ! 
Give us Men! 
Men — from every rank, 
Fresli and free and frank ; 
Men of thought and reading, 
Men of light and leading. 
Men of loyal breeding, 
The Nation's welfare speeding: 
Men of faith and not of fiction. 
Men of lofty aim and action : 
Give us Men — I say again, 
Give us Men ! 



Give us Men! 
Men who, when the tempest gathers. 
Grasp the Standard of their fathers 

In the thickest fight : 
Men who strike for home and altar, 
(Let the coward cringe and falter,) 

God defend the right ! 
True as truth though lorn and lonely. 
Tender, as the brave are only ; 
Men who tread where saints- have trod, 
Men for Country — Home — and God : 
Give us Men! I say again — again — 
Give us such Men! 

— Btspiop of Exeter. 



8 Georgia Day 

PROGRAMME: 

PART I. 

(Children of Primary and Academic Grades) 
Song: My Country 'Tis of Thee, etc. 

Teacher — Children, can yon tell me what day this is 
that we are to celebrate? 

Children — February 12th, Georgia Day! 

Teacher — Whose State was founded on this day? 

Children — Our State! 

Teacher — For whom was Georgia named! 

Children — George II, King of England. , 

Teacher — Why was it named for him? 

Children — Because he gave General Oglethorpe the 
charter or right to settle it. 

Teacher — Who was Oglethorpe? 

Children — An English Scholar, Statesman, Soldier, 
Member of Parliament, and Christian Gentleman. 

Teacher — Why did he wish to settle Georgia? 

Children — To give a home to those poor unfortunate 
men in England who had been imprisoned for debt, and 
sometimes for a very small debt, not more than 25 cents. 

Teacher — What was Oglethorpe's object, children? 

Children^ — To give these men an opportunity to pay 
their debts, to regain their self-respect, and to be free 
men once more. 

Teacher — What argument did he use with the king 
and Parliament? 

Children— That it would be less expensive to the gov- 
ernment to colonize them, than to feed and clothe them 
in prison. 



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Teacher — When did they sail? 

Children — In November, 1732. 

Teacher — What was the name of the ship in which 
they sailed? 

Children — The Good Queen Anne. 

Teacher — How many came over in the vessel! 

Children — 130 — Oglethorpe, the other trustees, the 
debtors and their families and the sailors. 

Teacher — Where did they land? 

Children — Where Savannah now is. 

Teacher — Will draw an outline map of 

Georgia and locate Savannah? (Have the child drilled 
beforehand to draw this from memory and be able to 
locate the places jDromptly. Let the questions be con- 
tinued while the map is being drawn). 

Teaclier — Was Georgia larger then than now? 

Children — Yes, much larger for it included what is 
now Alabama and Mississippi. 

Teacher — What did Sir Robert Montgomery call this 
tract of land ? 

Children^-A veritable Paradise. 

Teacher— Why? 

Children — Because everything under heaven could 
grow there; the flowers were so beautiful, and the trees 
were so large and tine, and the birds sang so sweetly, 
and the water was so pure and fresh, the sky was so 
blue, and the air so life-giving. 

Teacher — I think w^e can well sing or recite now 
''There is no State like Georgia," 



10 Geokgia Day 

''THERE IS NO STATE LIKE GEORGIA." 

Words by M. B. Whorton, D. D. 

Music by S. V. DeTrinis. 

There is no State like Georgia 
The winds have told me so ; 

The waves of the Atlantic 
Have sung it soft and low. 

The mocking-bird has trill 'd it, 
All through the summer night, 

And the eagle has proclaimed it, 
In his majestic flight. 

Chorus : 

You may talk about the Union, 
And the land beyond the sea; 

But the Empire State of Georgia 
Is good enough for me. 

Her soldiers are the bravest. 

That ever buckled sword. 
Her daughters are the fairest 

That e'er the sun shone on. 

Her statesmen wise and fearless 

Repel the tyrant's chain 
And her doctor's anesthetic, 

Has conquered human pain. 



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Chorus : 

You may talk about the Union, 

And the land beyond the sea ; 
But the Empire State of Georgia 

Is good enough for me. 

There is no State like Georgia, 

Her cities scrape the skies 
Her valleys laugh with plenty, 

And progress loud replies ; 

When the corn is in the tassel. 

And the melon on the vine, 
And the saw is making music 

In the 'heart of yellow pine — 

Chorus : 

You may talk about the Union, 
And the land beyond the sea ; 
But the Empire State of Georgia 
Is good enough for me. 



Teacher — How many counties are there in Georgia! 

Children — There are 146. 

Teacher — AVhat county are we in! 

Children— (?) 

Teacher — For whom named, and what is the county 
seat? 

Children— (?) 

Teacher — Let tell us something of the 

one for whom this county is named. 

Children — (Short sketch of the one asked for). 



12 , Georgia Day 

Teacher — is ready now with his map 

and can locate for us the spot where Oglethorpe landed; 
also the place where our town (or city) is; also the 
important rivers of the State and leading cities. 

Teacher — That was well done, and now will some one 
tell me who lived in this tract of land before the Good 
Queen Anne landed? 

Children — Indians ! 

Teacher — "What were the leading tribes of Indians 
living in Georgia? 

Children — Two : the Creeks and Cherokees, The Creeks 
lived in the Southern part and the Cherokees in the 
Northern. 

Teacher — Who received Oglethorpe when he landed at 
Yamacraw Bluff? 

Child — Tomichichi, the Indian Chief, and Mary Mus- 
grove. They received him and the Colony very kindly, 
because Oglethorpe treated them kindly. Kindness 
begets kindness, you know. Tomichichi gave Oglethorpe 
a butfalo robe and painted upon it was the head and 
feathers of the eagle, saying through his interpreter, 
"The feathers are soft and signify love; the buffalo skin 
is warm and means protection, therefore we ask you to 
love and protect our little ones." 

Teacher — Did Oglethorpe keep his word? 

Child — Yes, because he was a good and kind-hearted 
man and knew what love and justice meant. The Indians 
loved him. 

Teacher — Did anybody else settle in Georgia except 
these debtors, children? 

3rd Child — Yes, Hebrews, Salzburghers, Highlanders, 
English merchants, and many of the English Gentry — 
fine sturdy stock came over later and cast their lot with 



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Georgia. Georgia people are the finest people in the 
world. 

Teacher — Did they like the new country? 

4th Child — Yes, very much. One of them wrote back : 
"I think it is the pleasantest climate in the world; for 
it is neither too warm in summer, nor too cold in winter. 
They have certainly the finest water in the world, and 
the land is extraordinarily good; this may certainly be 
called the land of Canaan." 

Teacher — This is our Georgia, children, and we love 
its old red hills. Who wrote "The Red Old Hills of 
Georgia" ? 

5th Child — One of our own Georgians, Henry R. Jack- 
son, of Savannah. 

Teacher — Suppose we sing it. Now let us sing as 
though we felt the words. 



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16 Georgia Day 

Teacher — Who can tell me the name of our Georgia 
flower? 

Children — The Cherokee Rose. 

Teacher — Will tell ns the "Legend of 

the Cherokee Rose" as given by Col. C. C. Jones, our 
Georgia historian I 

(Found in Georgia Land and People, by Miss F. L. 
Mitchell, Athens, Ga., page 11. "The Legend of 
Nacoochee" is on page 10). 

Teacher — Now I think as we enjoyed that so much 

may we not have give us "The Legend of 

Nacoochee" ? 

Teacher — Did Georgia always remain a colony, child- 
. ren? 

Children — No, in 1752 she became a Royal Province 
and was governed by the king and parliament. 

Teacher — When did she become a Sovereign State? 

Children — After the War of the Revolution. 

Teacher — What has Georgia always stood for? 

Children— Wisdom, justice, honesty, bravery, goodness 
and trueness. 

Teacher — Do you know what is on the Georgia flag? 

Children — Georgia's Coat of Arms: Wisdom, Justice 
and Moderation. 

Teacher— Let's wave the Georgia flag and say "Hurrali 
for Georgia." 

Teacher — How many colonies were there in all? 

Children— Thirteen. 

Teacher — Georgia was the last settled but the first 
in what? 

Children— To rule liquor from the cloony. 

Teacher— And what does she stand for today? 

Chi]dren— Prohibition ! Hurrah for Georgia ! 



February 12, 1910. 17 

Teacher — Let each of you think of one man in Georgia 
that you know and that you think is a great man, and tell 
me why do you think he is great. (It will be well if the 
teacher would direct the child's thought to some person 
in a local way, so that the children may learn to honor the 
great men of their own section). 

Teacher — Has Georgia ever given a President of the 
United States? 

Children — Not yet, but she will some^ day. 

Teacher — Yes, I agree with you and who knows but 
what that future President may be one of the boys in 
this very room. It may be possible, boys, if each of you 
will make your life count for something, and you may 
even be a greater man than any President has been. 

I think we can close the exercises by singing again the 
chorus of ''There is no State like Georgia." 

Suggestive Eeadings—' ' Sidney Lanier's Bob," ''The 
Story of Our Mocking-Bird, " " The Story of a Proverb. ' ' 



18 Georgia Day 

PART II. 

Intkoductoey Remarks by the Teacher. 

(Pupils of Secondary Grades Begin With Suggestions 

on Page 1). 

1st Speaker : 

"We have met today to celebrate the birthday of our 
beloved old State of Georgia, a State now called ''The 
Empire State of the South," but destined to be "The 
State of the Empire." Do you ask me why? Because 
she has the right to claim many things which are not 
known and when known will place her where she truly 
belongs among her sister States, and when she has fully 
met all of her educational obligations and been aroused 
to her marvelous opportunities in this direction, no State 
will surpass her. 

She was founded February 12, 1733, in a spirit of love 
for her fellowman, and she has always lovingly welcomed 
the stranger in her midst. Her founders were men of 
strong religious faith, who showed their ivisdom by mak- 
ing friends with the Indians, and winning their love and 
confidence instead of antagonizing them, as De Soto and 
other colonists had done. 

She also showed her wisdom by a lauded policy she 
adopted. She gave 200 acres of land to each head of a 
family, and fifty more to each child. This encouraged 
settlers, and some one has said ''It put the crown of 
industrial glory on her head, and the rock of conscious 
independence beneath her feet." 

She showed her justice and honesty by paying the 
Indians full value received for their land or whatever 



February 12, 1910. 19 

she purchased from them. This spirit of honesty is 
inborn in Georgians. 

She showed her goodness by treating the Indians as 
brothers and human beings. She did not massacre them 
as others had done; she did not burn witches as others 
had done. She did not persecute those who differed with 
her in religious beliefs as others had done. Although 
founded as a Protestant colony, she later allowed Roman- 
ists, Hebrews, and Quakers to settle in her midst and 
gave them a glad welcome. 

She showed her temperance by ruling rum from the 
colony, and thank God, Georgia today stands for Prohi- 
bition! 

She believed in liberty — liberty not only of conscience, 
but liberty of speech and person. She ruled slavery from 
the colony and was the first State to legislate against 
the slave trade. 

She believed in God's Word and had it taught to the 
Indians and to those who could not read. 

She believed in philanthropy and was the first of all 
the colonies to have an Orphans' Home. 

She believed in education, education not only of her 
men but her women; and no matter how much has been 
ignorantly written regarding the illiteracy of Georgia, 
she can claim without fear of contradiction the first State 
University in the United States, and the first college in 
the world to bestow diplomas upon women. Georgia has 
always believed in resisting wrong, and she has ever 
been a true defender of the Constitution to the bitter 
end. This is our Georgia! Hurrah for our grand old 
State! 



20 Georgia Day 

(It would be well to have the pupils sing here "There 
is no State like Georgia," found in Part I, or at least 
sing the chorus). 

Teacher — I would like for one of you to tell us about 
Georgia topo graphically and show what right we have 
to claim greatness for her there. 



2nd Speaker: 

Georgia is a great State ! She lies in the same latitude 
as the Holy Land. There are nine belts of climate in 
the United States and Georgia has eight of them. 

There is not a tree, a shrub, a plant, a flower, a vege- 
table, a fruit, a grain, a grass, a nut nor any other thing 
which has not been grown or can be grown in some part 
of Georgia. She has mountains 5,000 feet high, and 
valleys and plains of jDcrpetual springtime, and tropical 
regions where tropical heat may be felt. 

Teacher — "What about her forests'? 

3rd Speaker — She has 1,000 miles of pine forest alone, 
not to speak of her other trees, such as oaks (many varie- 
ties), poplar, ash, beech, elm, chestnut, hickory, maple, 
wahiut, sycamore, sweetgum, blackgum, dogwood, locust, 
persimmon, sassafras, wild cherry, chinquepin, cedar, 
magnolia, bay, etc. Her curly maple, and curly pine are 
susceptible of the most beautiful polish in the world, and 
are highly sought after. 

Teacher — What about her metals? 

4th Speaker — Her metals lie under every hillside. 
There can be found iron, coal, lead, silver, gold, copper, 
corundum, asbestos, slate, ochre, mica, plumbago, talc. 



February 12, 1910. 21 

^eiss, sandstones of all kinds, aluminum, or rather the 
basis of it, with innumerable other minerals. Then her 
iron, sulphur, alum, lithia, and other mineral springs 
abound — artesian wells spring up at the slightest boring, 
and then her clays, her porcelain, terra cotta, pottery 
and enameled bricks are known the world over. Crystals 
of amethysts, and quartz are found in large quantities, 
and even diamonds, rubies, garnets and sapphires have 
been found. The finest Indian arrow heads are here in 
Georgia. 

Teacher — What about Georgia marble and granite? 

5th Speaker — Georgia ranks second in marble in the 
United States, only Vermont excelling her. The largest 
block of marble ever quarried came from Georgia and 
is in the Capitol Building at St. Paul, Minn: Georgia 
granite is the very best, and Stone Mountain, seven miles 
in circumference, near Atlanta, Georgia, is a "geological 
monstrosity. ' ' 

Teacher — What about her water power? 

6th Speaker — Her water power is limitless. Why, 
when the water of Tallulah Falls is harnessed, that alone 
will be sufficient to heat and light the State. 

Teacher — What about her fish and game? 

7th Speaker — Her waters abound in fish — bass, bream, 
perch, catfish, mountain trout, etc. Did you ever eat a 
mountain trout? Fine! no better fish in the world. Her 
islands abound in game, deer, bears, wild cats, panthers, 
wild turkeys, wild ducks, rabbits, snipe, o 'possum, part- 
ridges, woodcocks, etc. President Eoosevelt could have 
found everything here needed in reasonable quantities, 
elephants, lions and tigers excepted. 



22 Georgia Day 

Teacher — Yes, Georgia is a great State. What about 
her cotton and grain crops! 

8th Speaker — Cotton truly is King! The first cotton 
planted in the United States was planted by the Salz- 
burgers at Ebenezer, Georgia. Think what Georgia cot- 
ton has meant to not only Georgia but to the world ! 
That crop alone brings in millions and millions of dollars 
annually to the State. Her sea island cotton with the 
long staple is considered the finest in the world. Then 
her corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, clover, peas, 
potatoes, tobacco (now conceded to be the best raised 
anywhere), ground peas, sugar cane, etc., etc. Made 
from this cane, Georgia syrup is fine ! At the St. Louis 
Exposition Georgia received the prize for the largest 
as well as the greatest diversity of forage crops in the 
United States. 

Teacher — What about her fruit crop 1 

9th Speaker — Did you ever eat a Georgia water melon? 
Did you ever eat an Elberta peach? If you have, there 
is no need for Georgians to even discuss with others the 
fruit question; she is certainly first when it comes to 
water melons and peaches. Then the Georgia apple has 
won the first prize as to best new variety, and the second 
prize for largest varieties at the International Horti- 
cultural Fair in the West. Hurrah for Georgia ! Besides 
this we must not omit her cantaloupes, her grapes, espe- 
cially the scuppernong, her raspberries, strawberries, 
blackberries, dewberries, gooseberries, whortleberries, 
currants, pears, figs, apricots, pomegranates, cherries, 
oranges, lemons, pineapples, etc., etc. 

Then her nuts ! Why, great acres of pecans are being 
planted everywhere yielding many bushels of the largest 



February 12, 1910. 23 

and best of uiits, the black walnut, English walnut, 
hickory nuts, chestnuts, ehinquepius, hazelnuts and Geor- 
gia goobers. Tea is now being raised successfully, and 
Chinamen are here to show us how to cure the leaves. 

Teacher — We haven't said one word about the "Red 
Old Hills of Georgia," except that metals lie beneath 
them. Let us all sing now about ''The Red Old Hills of 
Georgia'^ by our Savannah poet and statesman, Henry 
R. Jackson. (See Part I, words and music). 

Teacher— Can any one tell us of any great man in 
Georgia in Colonial Times? 

10th Speaker — Yes, Oglethorpe, our founder, may be 
said to belong to Georgia in Colonial Times. He was a 
noted man in England before he came to America, ]>eing 
known there as statesman, for he was a member of the 
English Parliament, and took a prominent part in Eng- 
lish affairs of State — soldier, scliolar, pJiilanthroiyist and 
Christian gentleman. 

Teacher — Has any monument in our State ever been 
erected to honor our founder! 

11th Speaker — No, a county has been named for him, 
a college was named for him but it died; there has been 
no monument in marble to Avhich we as Georgians maj^ 
point with pride. The Colonial Dames have marked by 
stones the places where he landed, Frederica and Yam- 
acraw, and where he pitched his tent; and the Daughters 
of the American Revolution have been interested in pre- 
serving spots associated with him. The Sons of Colonial 
Wars, aided by other patriotic organizations, are plan- 
ning now to erect a monument at Savannah, and some of 
the funds are already in hand. AVe hope this monument 



24 Georgia Day 

will soon be unveiled, and it is to be trusted that every 
child, woman and man should have a part in advancing 
this work. 

Teacher — Can you think of a name that illustrated 
Georgia when she was a Eoyal Province? 

12th Speaker — Joseph Habersham, of Savannah, is 
one of whom we should justly be proud. Georgia, though 
the youngest, was, at the time of resistance to the stamp 
act and other indignities put upon the colonies by Great 
Britain, the most prosperous of all the colonies; at one 
time during the Eevolutionary conflict, she sent 579 bar- 
rels of rice to the poor in Boston. The Governor was 
Sir James Wright, a strong Tory and true to the Crown. 
He refused for Georgia to send representatives to the 
First Continental Congress, and so it happened Georgia 
had no voice in that body. But the Liberty Boys, as they 
called themselves, determined they would take matters 
in their own hands. The most prominent of these were 
Joseph Habersliam and Noble Wimberly Jones, Edward 
Telfair, Joseph Clay, William Gibbons, and John Mil- 
ledge. They called a Congress with representatives from 
the twelve parishes of Georgia to meet on July 4, 1775, 
with the object of setting forth their grievances and 
presenting them to the King and Governor. The Gov- 
ernor absolutely ignored them, then their presiding officer, 
Archibald Bulloch issued an order to seize an English 
vessel loaded with ammunition in order to secure powder 
and arms for defence, and this was the first instance 
where English rule in an American Colony was defied. 
Then a Georgia schooner was offered by them for service 
in the war and thus became the first vessel commissioned 
to fight in the Eevolutionary War. Five members to the 



February 12, 1910. 25 

Second Continental Congress were sent by this Georgia 
Congress, and when the Declaration of Independence was 
signed July 4, 1776, three Georgia names were found 
there — George Walton, Button Gwinnett and Lyman 
Hall. 

Teacher — Georgia's roll of great men in the varied 
stations of life is too long to be called. Shall we not 
give short sketches of those nearest our own home town 
and tell why we should honor them ? Tell for whom our 
own county is named and why? Tell us of a soldier or 
patriot who illustrated our Georgia from this section of 
the country. 



Tell us of a poet of Georgia and give one of his poems 
-Sidney Lanier's "Song of the Chattahoochee.'' 

SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE. 

Sidney Lanier. 

Out of the hills of Habersham, 

Down the valleys of Hall, 
I hurry amain to reach the plain, 

Eun the rapid and leap the fall, 
Split at the rock and together agaiu, 

Accept my bed, or narrow or wide. 

And flee from folly on every side 
With a lover's pain to attain the plain 

Far from the hills of Habersham, 

Far from the valleys of Hall. 

All down the hills of Habersham, 
All through the valleys of Hall, 



26 Geoegia Day 

The rushes cried abide, abide, 

The willful waterweeds held me thrall, 

The loving laurel turned my tide, 

The ferns and the fondling grass said stay 
The dewberry dipped for to work delay, 

And the little reeds sighed abide, abide, 
Here in the hills of Habersham, 
Here in the valleys of Hall. 

High o'er the hills of Habersham, 
Veiling the valleys of Hall, 

The hickory told me manifold 

Fair tales of shade, the poplar tall 

Wrought me her shadowy self to hold, 

The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the pine, 
Overleaning, with flickering meaning and sign, 

Said, x>(('Ss not, so cold, these manifold 
Deep shades of the hills of Habersham, 
These glades in the valleys of Hall. 

And oft in the hills of Habersham, 

And oft in the valleys of Hall, 
The white quartz shone and the smooth brook stone 

Did bar me of passage with friendly brawl. 

And many a luminous jewel lone 
Crystals clear or acloud with mist, 

Euby, garnet, and amethyst — 
Made lures with the lights of streaming stone 

In the clefts of the hills of Habersham, 

In the beds of the valleys of Hall. 

But oh, not the hills of Habersham, 

And oh, not the valleys of Hall 
Avail: I am fain for to water the plain — 



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Downward the voices of duty call — 
Downward, to toil and be mixed with the main, 

The dry fields burn, and the mills are to turn, 

And a myriad flowers mortally yearn, 
And the lordly main from beyond the plain 

Calls o'er the hills of Habersham, 

Calls through the valleys of Hall. 



Give an extract from one of Georgia's noted orators: 
—Benjamin Hill's Tribute to Lee; Henry Grady's Speech 
About the South. 

Intersperse the program with anecdotes if possible, in 
order to brighten it up. 

See in Part III some suggestive readings and questions 
and where to be found. 

Close with song, either a solo, a quartette or a chorus, 
''The Sunny South," Julia L. Spalding, author and com- 
poser, Atlanta, Ga. 



' ' THE SUNNY SOUTH ' ' 

By Julia L. Spalding. 

Tho' this world I've traveled over and have sailed its 

many seas, 
Still my heart turns back to Dixie Land with fondest 

memories, 
To the land of sweet magiiolias, where the birds sing 

gay and free, 
]\ry home the sunny Southland, the dearest spot to me. 

REFRAIiSr. 

Hooray for the sunny South, 

Hooray for the sunny South, 
Hooray for Dixie Land and her noble heroes grand, 
For her they gave their loyal heart and hand. 



28 Geoegia Day 

Hooray for the sunny' South, 
Hooray for the sunny South, 
Hooray, hooray, hooray, for the dear old boys in gray, 
Hooray for the sunny South! 

When I think of all her heroes and the cause they fought 

to save, 
When I think of Lee and Johnston and of Jackson true 

and brave, 
Gordon, Longstreet, Wheeler, Forrest, many others great 

and good, 
I cherish more than ever my loyal Southern blood. 

EEFKAIN. 

On a cloudy, misty morning of a day we know so well. 
When the gallant Gordon led his men through flying shot 

and shell. 
They checked the foe, they hurled them back, they won 

the bloody fray, 
And Gordon rode to victory that glorious twelfth of May. 

REFRAIN. 

'Twas at Spotsylvania court house, when the peerless 

chieftain, Lee, 
Sought to lead our Gordon's line of gray to check the 

fierce melee, 
But the young and loyal heroes yelled "Lee to the rear !" 

that day. 
And Gordon led to victory, that glorious twelfth of May. 

REFRAIN. 

From war's blight and desolation, Phoenix-like she sprang 
to life. 

Her mines, her fields, her factories, all throb with peace- 
ful strife; 



Februaey 12, 1910. 29 

Her loyal sons and daughters fair — a joyous, happy 

band, 
At Freedom's shrine still worship, and love their Dixie 

Land. 

REFRAIN. 

BedAcated to the Confederate Veterans. 

— Byrd Printing Co., Atlanta. 



PAET III. 



(The colonization of Georgia is delightfully told in a 
speech made by Hon. Walter Gr. Charlton, of Savannah, 
before the Colonial Dames of Georgia. The following 
extracts have been selected which may be read by some 
of the older pupils as an introduction to the program 
for Georgia Day) : 



The whole story of the colonization of Georgia reads 
like a special providence of God. To the most friendless 
of all people — the forgotten debtors of England — had 
suddenly come a veritable sunburst of benevolence. They 
had reached America in safety, and now in their new 
home the Indian — against whose depredations upon the 
colony of Carolina they were expected to be the guard — 
received them with a friendship and generosity unparal- 
leled in the history of the two races. We cannot too 
strongly insist upon the gratitude we owe to Tomochichi 
for the part he played in this and every other crisis of 
the colony. After that of Oglethorpe, his is easily the 
noblest figure in our early history. He was a broad, 
liberal-minded gentleman; true to every promise, brave 
in every emergency, and with a dignity of speech and 
bearing and look which made him fit to be the historic 



30 Georgia Day 

companion of the founder. His sense of riglit and duty 
had made him an exile from his people, and yet, even 
as Mico of the Yamacraws, who had cast their fortunes 
with him, he commanded the respect of the tribe which 
had banished him. At the conference held between Ogle- 
thorpe and the chiefs of the Lower Creek Indians for 
the purpose of settling by treaty the boundaries of the 
colony, the King of the Oconas, which had been Tomo- 
chichi's tribe, said of him that he was a good man and 
had been a great warrior, and that it was for his wisdom 
and courage that the banished men had chosen him to be 
their king. It was his influence which brought about the 
treaty, and his constant, cheerful courage never wavered 
in the most perilous moments. There is but scant mate- 
rial for romance in the early days of the colony. The 
outlook was eminently practical and embraced such 
prosaic occupation as the building of houses, the tilling 
of the soil and the construction of the machinery of gov- 
ernment. The town was divided into wards, in each ward 
four tythings, and in each tything ten houses. A free- 
liolder of a tything had his town lot 60 x 90 feet, a garden 
lot of five acres, and a farm lot of forty-four acres and a 
fraction. The land descended in what was known to the 
common law as taihnale, that is, in default of male issue 
it reverted to the trustees. Beyond the town four vil- 
lages made a ward, which depended upon a ward in the 
town. The squares, which we are accustomed to regard 
as pleasure grounds, were designed as places of refuge 
in time of war for the families and cattle of the inhabi- 
tants of these villages, in which they were at liberty to 
encamp — the villagers resorting to the square upon 
which their ward depended. 



February 12, 1910. 31 

The political system was simplicity itself. Over all 
were the trustees, with Oglethorpe as their commissioner. 
There were three bailiffs, having' judicial powers — a 
recorder and a registrar. A term court, with civil and 
criminal jurisdiction, and grand and petit juries, pre- 
sided over by the bailiffs, sat every six weeks. Each 
ward had its constable under whom were four t^^thing 
men, and there was a public storekeeper. 

From time to time slight accessions were made to the 
colony — among them certain Italians skilled in the silk 
culture. They came in the ship James, which was the 
first vessel from England to ascend the Savannah river. 

Death of Tomochichi. 

On the 16th of October, 1739, died in his own town, at 
the age of 92 years, Tomochichi, the king of the Yama- 
craws. As his end drew near, he summoned his followers 
about him and urged upon them that they persevere in 
their friendships for the English. He expressed the 
greatest tenderness for Oglethorpe, and was troubled 
that death came at a time when he might have been of 
service against the Spaniards. As he had induced the 
Creeks to sign the treaty and thus assisted in the found- 
ing of the town, he desired that he might be buried in 
Savannah, among the English. And so when life de- 
parted they bore the old warrior, as he had wished, to 
Savannah, her prominent men being his pallbearers, 
followed by the Indians, the magistrates and the people. 
And reverently and in honor, to the martial sound of 
minute guns, they laid him to rest in the heart of the 
town. And over his grave, by order of Oglethorpe, they 
erected a pyramid of stones, in testimony of their grati- 
tude. 



32 Geokgia Day 

SUPPLEMENTAL WORK— SUGGESTIVE. 
Questions and Answers. 



What is the population of Georgia by 1900 census ? 

Ans. — ^About two and one-half millions. 

What proportion colored? 

Ans. — Nearly half. 

How many counties in Georgia? 

Ans. — About 146 by 1900 census — new ones have been 
added. 

In what has Georgia been first? 

The first vessel commissioned to fight the British was 
a Georgia schooner. 

The first steamboat to cross the Atlantic was the 
Savannah, and sailed from Georgia. 

The first {in the United States) State University was 
the Georgia University. 

The first college in the world to bestow degrees upon 
women was Wesleyan Female College at Macon, Ga. 

The first chartered college for women in the world is 
this college. 

The first ivoman in the luorld to receive a diploma was 
Mrs. Catherine E. Benson, nee Brewer, and that diploma 
now hangs on the walls of Wesleyan, at Macon. 

The first to discover anesthesia was Dr. Crawford W. 
Long, Jefferson, Ga. 

The first sewing machine in the world was made by 
Francis Eobert Goulding, of Liberty county, Ga. 

The first passenger railway ran from Augusta, Ga., 
to Charleston, S. C. 

The fi/rst Sunday School in the ivorld was started by 
John Wesley at Savannah, Ga., one year before Robert 
Raikes was born. 



February 12, 1910. 33 

One of the finest flute players in the world was Sidney 
Lanier, of Macon, Ga. 

The first to codify the English common luw and j^rinci- 
ples of equity was Thomas E. R. Cobb, of Athens, Ga. 

The first to raise the flag at Manila was Tom Brumby, 
of Georgia. 

The first to tunnel under the Hudson was AVilliam 
Gibbs McAdoo, of Marietta, Ga. 

The first soldiers that offered for Confederate service 
was the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, of Savannah. 

The first general or commanding officer to fall on the 
battle field of the sixties was Francis Bartow, of Savan- 
nah. 

The first to ride liquor out of the colony. 

The first to legislate against the slave trade. 

The first colony to send missionaries to the Indians. 

The first Orphan Asylum in the United States. 

The first to suggest Memorial Day. 

The first to bestow Crosses of Honor on veterans of 
the war between the States. 

The first to raise cotton in the United States. 

The first suggestion of a cotton gin came from a Geor- 
gia woman — Mrs. Hillhouse, of Augusta, Ga. 

The first iron clad steamboat with ram, The Manassas, 
built by a Georgian, Charles Austin. 

The first brush for a cotton gin was invented by Mrs- 
Nathaniel Greene, of Savannah. 



Names of Distinguished Georgians Who Have Been 
Members of the Presidential Cabinet: 

Washington's, John Adams' and Thomas Jefferson's 
Administrations — Jos. Habersham, Postmaster-General. 



34 Georgia Day 

Madison's and Monroe's Administrations — William 
H. Craivford, Secretary of Treasury. 

Jackson's and Van Buren's Administrations — John 
Forsyth, Secretary of State. 

Taylor's Administration — George W. Crawford, Sec- 
retary of War. 

Buchanan's Administration — Howell Cohh, Secretary 
of Treasury. 

Grant's Administration — Amos T. Akerman, Attorney- 
General. 

Cleveland's Administration — Hoke Smith, Secretary 
of Interior. 

Speakers of the House of Congress — Howell Cohh, of 
Georgia; Chas. F. Crisp, of Georgia. 

Georgia gave a President. to Texas — Miraheau Lamar. 

An Associate Chief Justice U. S. — L. Q. C. Lamar. 

President of the Provincial Congress to form the Con- 
federate States — Howell Cohh. 

Members of the Confederate Cabinet — Alexander 
Stephens, Vice-President; Rohert Toomhs, Secretary of 
State; Philip Clayton, Assistant Sectary of War; Alex- 
ander R. Lawton, Quartermaster-General; James D. 
Bulloch, Naval Agent to England; Thomas R. R. Cohh, 
tvho virtually drafted the Constitution. 

Lives of activities among her distinguished sons- 
Jurists, judges and lawyers, statesmen, orators, histo- 
rians, authors, poets, dialect writers, novelists, theolo- 
gians, essayists, humorists, journalists, editors, invent- 
ors, architects, physicians, skilled mechanics, musicians, 
philanthropists, and men of l)usiness affairs. 

Humorous Readings — " 'Round Miss Nancy's Bureau" 
— Longstreet's Georgia Scenes; ''Miss Mary's Christmas 
Present" — Thompson; ''Major Jones' Courtship" — 
Vncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris. 



February 12, 1910. ^35 

THE MAN OF THE TWELFTPI OF MAY. 
Robert Falligant, Savannah, Ga. 
When history tells her story 

Of the noble hero band, 
Who have made the green iields gory, 

For the life of their native land, 
How grand will be the picture 

Of Georgia's j^roud array. 
As they drove the boasting foeman back 

That glorious twelfth of May, boys, 

That glorious twelfth of May. 

CHORUS. 

Then hurrah while we rally round 
The hero of that day. 

And a nation's grateful praises crown, 
The man of the twelfth of May, boys. 
The man of the twelfth of May. 

Whose mien is ever proudest 
When we hold the foe at bay? 

Whose war-cry cheers us loudest 
As we rush to the bloody fray? 

'Tis Gordon's; our reliance! 
Fearless as on the day 

When he hurled his grand defiance 

In that charge of the twelfth of May, boys, 
That charge of the twelfth of ]\fay. 

Who, who can be a coward! 

What freeman fear to die 
When Gordon orders ''forward," 

And the red cross floats on hia'li ! 



36 \ Geokgia Day 

Follow his tones inspiring ! 
On, on to the field, Away! 

And we'll see the foe retiring 

As they did on the twelfth of May, boys, 
As they did on the twelfth of May. 

This is no time for sighing — ■ 

Whate'er our fate may be, 
'Tis sweet to think that dying, 

We will leave onr country free, 
Though the storms of battle pelt her, 

She'll defy the tyrant's sway. 
And our breasts shall be her shelter 

As they were on the twelfth of May, boys, 

As they were on the twelfth of May, 
Commemorates the bravery of Gen. John B. Gordon. 



THE EAIN SONG. 

It isn't raining rain to me, 

It's raining daffodils! 
In every dimpling drop I see 

Wild flowers on the hills ! 
A cloud of gray engulfs the day 

And overwhelms the. town — ' 
It isn't raining rain to me — 

It's raining roses down! 

It isn't raining rain to me. 
But fields of clover bloom. 

Where any buccaneering bee 
May find a bed and room. 



February 12, 1910. 37 

A health then to the happy, 

A fig to him who frets, 
It isn't raining rain to me — . 

It's raining violets! 

Egbert Loveman, Dalton, Ga. 



I'LL HAUNT YOU. 

The old gentleman was brought very low with mala- 
rious fever, and his physician and family had made up 
their minds that notwithstanding his extreme reluctance 
to depart from this life — a reluctance heightened, no 
doubt, by his want of preparation for a better — he would 
be compelled to go. The system of therapeutics in vogue 
at that time and in that section included immense quan- 
tities of calomel, and rigorously excluded cold water. 
Mr. Ellington lingered and lingered, and went without 
water so long and to such an extent that it seemed to him 
he might as well die of the disease as of the intolerable 
thirst that tormented him. 

At last, one night when his physicians, deeming his 
case hopeless, had taken their departure, informing his 
family that he could hardly live till morning, and the 
latter, worn down by watching, were compelled to take 
a little rest, he was left to the care of his constant and 
faithful servant, Shadrach, with strict and solemn charge 
to notify them if any change took place in his master's 
condition, and, above all, under no circumstances to give 
him cold water. 

When the rest were all asleep, Mr. Ellington, always 
astute and adroit in gaining his ends, and whose faculties 
at present were highly stimulated by his extreme neces- 
sity, called out to his attendant in a feeble voice, which 



38 Georgia Day 

he strove to make as natural and misuggestive as pos- 
sible : 

''Sliadracli, go to the spring and fetch me a pitcher of 
water from the bottom." 

Shadrach expostulated, pleading the orders of the doc- 
tors and his mistress. 

''You, Shadrach, you had better do what I tell you, 
sir." 

Shadrach still held by his orders. 

"Shadrach, if you don't bring me the water, when I 
get well I'll give you the worst whipping you ever had 
in your life !" 

Shadrach either thought that if his master got well he 
would cherish no rancor towards the faithful servant, 
whose constancy had saved him, or, more likely, that the 
prospect of recovery was far too remote to justify any 
serious apprehension for his present disobedience; at all 
events, he held firm. 

The sick man, finding this mode of attack ineffectual, 
paused awhile, and then said, in the most persuasive 
accents he could employ: 

''Shadrach, my boy, you are a good nigger. Shadrach, 
if you'll go and fetch old master a pitcher of nice cool 
water, I'll set you free and give you five hundred dol- 
lars!" And he dragged the syllables slowly and heavily 
from his dry jaws, as if to make the sum appear immeas- 
urably vast. 

But Shadrach was proof against even this temptation. 
He only admitted its force by arguing the case, urging 
that how could he stand it, and what good would his free- 
dom and five hundred dollars do him, if he should do a 
thine that would kill his master? 



^ ' Februaky 12, 1910. 31) 

The old gentlemau groaned and moaned. At last he 
bethought him of one final strategem. He raised his 
head as well as he could, turned his haggard face full 
upon Shadrach, and glaring at him from his hollow, 
blood-shot eyes, said: 

'^ Shadrach, I am going to die, and it's because I can't 
get any water. If you don't go and bring me a pitcher 
of water, after I'm dead I'll come back and haunt you! 
I'll haunt you as long as you live!" 

'^0 Lordy! Master! You shall hab de water!" cried 
Shadrach, and he rushed out to the spring and brought 
it. The old man drank and drank— the pitcherful and 

more. 

The next morning he was decidedly better, and, to the 
astonishment of all, soon got well. 

RiCHAED Malcolm Johnston. 



THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE SOUTH. 
The old time aristocrat was a gentleman. He was of 
good stock and thoroughbred. Whether riding or walk- 
ing you could tell him by his carriage— by the vehicle he 
rode in or the measured dignity with which he walked 
about. That vehicle was as unique as a Chinaman's 
palanquin. It did not rest on elliptical springs, but was 
swung between four half circles, and the dickey, or driv- 
er's seat was perched still higher and the driver's bell- 
crowned hat was the first thing that came in sight as the 
equipage rose in view over the distant hill. There were 
two folding staircases to this vehicle and nobody but an 
aristocratic lady could ascend or descend them with aris- 
tocratic grace. The gentleman who was born and bred 
to this luxury was a king in his way— limited, it is true. 



40 Geokgia Day 

but nevertheless a king. His house was not a palace, 
but it was large and roomy, having a broad hall and mas- 
sive chimneys and a verandah ornamented with Corin- 
thian columns. The mansion was generally situated in 
a grove of venerable oaks. It was set back one hundred 
or two hundred yards from the big road, and the lane 
that led to its hospitable gate was bordered with cedars 
or Lombardy poplars. These cedars are still left in 
many places, but the poplars died with the Old South. 
They died at the top very like their owners. Prominent 
in the rear of this mansion was the old gin house, with 
the spacious circus ground underneath where the horses 
went round and round under the great cog-wheels, and 
the little darkies rode on the beams and popped their 
home-made whips. Not far away were the negro cabins 
and the orchard and the big family garden, and all around 
were fowls and pigs and pigeons and honey bees and 
hound dogs and pickaninnies to keep things lively. The 
owner of the plantation was a gentleman and was so re- 
garded by his neighbors, and a nobleman without the title 
of nobility. He had been through college and to New 
York and Saratoga and had come back and married an- 
other gentleman's daughter and settled down. The old 
folks on both sides had given them a start and built the 
mansion, and sent over a share of the family negroes to 
begin life with. 

He dressed well, and carried a gold-headed cane and a 
massive watch and chain that were made of pure gold at 
Geneva. There was a seal attached — a heavy prismatic 
seal that had his monogram. The manner in which he 
toyed with his chain and seal was one of the visible signs 
of a gentleman. It was as significant as the rnotions of 
a lady's fan. 



February 12, 1910. 41 

These old-time gentlemen kept open house and all who 
came were welcome. There was no need to send word 
that you were coming, for food and shelter were always 
ready. A boy was called to take the horses and put them 
UY) and feed them. There was plenty of corn and fodder 
in the crib, plenty of big fat hams and leaf-lard in the 
smoke-house, plenty of turkeys and chickens in the back 
yard, plenty of preserves in the pantry, plenty of trained 
servants to do all the work while the lady of the house 
entertained her guests. How proud were these family 
servants to show off before the visitors. They shared 
the family standing in the community and had but little 
respect for what they called the "po' Vv^hite trash." 
These aristocrats had wealth, dignity, and leisure, and 
Solomon says that in leisure there is wisdom, and so these 
men became the lawmakers, the jurists, the statesmen 
and they were the shining lights in the councils of the 
nation. 

The result of the war was a fearful fall to the aris- 
tocracy of the South. They lost many of their noble 
sons in the army and their property soon after. The 
extent of their misfortunes no one will ever know, for 
''the heart knoweth its own bitterness." Many of them 
sutfered and were strong. The collapse of them was aw- 
ful. They had not been raised to exercise self-denial or 
economy, and it was humiliating in the extreme for them 
to descend to the level of the common people. But they 
did it, and did it heroically. 

The children of these old patriarchs had to come down 
some, and the children of the common people came up 
some, and they have met upon a common plane, and are 
now working happily together, 1)oth in social and Imsi- 



42 Georc4ta Day 

iiess life. Spirit and blood have united with energy and 
muscle and it makes a good team — the best all round team 
the South has ever had. 

Chaeles H. Smith, (Bill Arp.) 



''THIS WORLD THAT WE'RE A-LIVIN' IN." 

"This world that we're a-livin' in 

Is purty hard to beat ; 
You git a thorn with every rose, 

But — ain't the roses sweet?" 

"We sigh and deem Love's sun is set,- 
And give the rose our tears; 

When Love may be a violet 
That blossoms unawares!" 

"The thunder comes like a roll of drums, 
And the lightning leaps from high, 

But the rainbow's like a ribbon red 
'Round the black dress of the sky!" 
Frank Lebby Stanton, Atlanta, Ga. 



THE SOUTHERN GIRL.* 

Tune — Bonnie Blue Flag. 

Oh! yes I am a Southern girl, 

I glory in the name, 
And boast it with far greater pride, 

Than i>-httering wealth or fame. 



*Georgia could be substituted for Southern. 



February 12, 1910. 43 

We envy not the Northern girl, 

Her robes of beauties rare, 
Though diamonds grace her snowy neck 

And pearls bedeck her hair. 

CHORUS. 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

For the sunny South so dear, 
Three cheers for the homespun dress, 

The Southern ladies wear. 

The homespun dress is plain I know. 

My hat's palmetto too. 
But then it shows what Southern girls, 

For Southern rights will do. 
We have sent the bravest of our land. 

To battle with the foe, 
And we will lend a helping hand, 

We love the South, you know. 

— Chorus: Hurrah! Hurrah! etc. 

Now Northen goods are out of date. 

And since old Abe's blockade, 
We Southern girls can be content. 

With goods that's Southern made. 
We sent our sweethearts to the war. 

But, dear girls never mind, 
Your soldier's love will ne'er forget 

The girl he's left behind. 

— Chorus : Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc. 



44 Geokgia Day 



The soldier is the lad for me — 

A brave heart I adore ; 
And when the sunny South is free, 

And fighting is no more, 
I'll choose me then a lover brave, 

From out that gallant band, 
The soldier lad I love the best. 

Shall have my heart and hand. 

— Chorus : Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc. 

This Southern land's a glorious land, 

And has a glorious cause. 
Then cheer, three cheers for Southern rights 

And for the Southern boys. 
We scorn to wear a bit of silk, 

A bit of Northern lace. 
But make our liomes]3un dresses up. 

And wear them with such grace. 

— Chorus : Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc. 

And now young man a word to you. 

If you would win the fair. 
Go to the field where honor calls, 

And win your lady there. 
Remember that our brightest smiles. 

Are for the true and brave. 
And that our tears are all for those, 

Who fill a soldier's grave. 



Febkuakv 12, IDJO. 45 

CHORUS. 

Hurrah ! Hurrah ! 

For the sunny South so dear, 
Three cheers for the homespun dress, 

The Southern ladies wear, 

Careie Bell Sinclaie, Augusta, Ga. 



GEOEGIA, MY GEORGIA. 

Hark! 'tis the cannon's deafening roar, 
That sounds along thy sunny shore, 
And thou slialt lie in chains no more. 

My wounded, bleeding Georgia ! 
Then arm each youth and patriot sire, 
Light up the patriotic fire. 
And hid the zeal of those ne'er tire. 

Who strike for thee, my Georgia ! 

On thee is laid oppression's hand, 
Around thy altars foemen stand. 
To scatter freedom's gallant band. 

And lay thee low, my Georgia ! 
But thou hast noble sons, and brave. 
The Stars and Bars above thee wave. 
And here we'll make oppression's grave, 

Upon the soil of Georgia. 

We bow at Liberty's fair shrine. 
And kneel in holy love at thine. 
And while above our stars still shine. 
We'll strike for them and Georgia! 



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Tliy woods with victory shall resound, 
Thy brow shall be with laurels crowned, 
And peace shall spread her wings around 
My own, my sunny Georgia ! 

Yes, these shall teach thy foes to feel 
That Southern hearts, and Southern steel, 
Will make them in submission kneel 

Before the sons of Georgia! 
And thou shalt see thy daughters, too. 
With pride and patriotism true. 
Arise with strength to dare and do. 

Ere they shall conquer Georgia! 

Thy name shall be a name of pride — 
Thy heroes all have nobly died, 
That thou mayst be the spotless bride 

Of Liberty, my Georgia ! 
Then wave thy sword and banner high, 
And louder raise the battle-cry, 
'Till shouts of victory reach the sky, 

And thou art free, my Georgia I 



February 12, 1930. 47 



REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GEORGIA DAY. 



Advantages of Georgia (Issued by the Department of 
Agriculture). 

Georgia, the Empire State of the South (Issued by the 
Agricultural Department) . 

Evans' History of Georgia. 

Chas. H. Smith's History of Georgia. 

Reminiscences of Famous Georgians, Lucian Knight 
(Franklin-Turner Co.) 

Southern Literature, (B. F. Johnson Co.) 

Program for Georgia Day, (Lester Book Co.) 

Stories of Georgia, Harris. 

History Stories of Georgia, Chappell. 

Stories of Georgia, Massey and Wood. 

The South in History and Literature, Mildred Ruther- 
ford, (Franklin-Turner Co.) 

C. C. Jones' History of Georgia. 

Miss Mitchell's Georgia Land and People. 

McCall's History of Georgia. 

Bishop Stephens' History of Georgia. 

G. G. Smith's History of Georgia. 



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